Porn worm disables security tools

Security gurus are issuing dire warnings about the dangers of unsolicited emails claiming to contain obscene pictures and sex movies. Why? Because they apparently contain the Nyxem-D worm (which also goes by the names Email-Worm.Win32.VB.bi and W32.Blackmal.E@mm.) This malware attempts to harvest other email addresses from infected machines, and utilises its own SMTP engine. The e-mails in question have the following features:

Attachment: Adults_9,zip.sCR, Photos,zip.sCR, SeX,zip.scR, Sex.mim.
The worm alters the Windows registry to disable security applications, and makes sure that it runs on start-up. It also attempts to delete certain files related to security tools which it may find on the system. Our advice as always is to keep your anti-virus software up to date, and to never download and open attachments from untrusted sources. You should delete e-mails that you don’t expect to receive without opening them.